LegendOfSleepyHollowNotes

Setting:

 * ===1800's in an area that was a battle ground of the Revolutionary War===
 * ===small market town - Tarrytown, NY===
 * ===near the shore of the Hudson River (check it out on Google Earth)===
 * ===2 miles away from the shore of the Hudson is Sleepy Hollow - a little valley among high hills===
 * ===Sleepy Hollow is quiet, (drowsy, dreamy), rural farming area===
 * ===the area is said to be haunted by the ghost of a Hessian Soldier, known as the Headless Horseman===

Headless Horseman

 * ===ghost of a German soldier (Hessian Trooper) from the Revolutionary war===
 * ===he haunts several places and areas in the Hollow and is said to be looking for his lost head===
 * ===his head was shot off by a cannonball during the war===
 * ===he travels on a horse and he has to be back to the cemetary by daybreak===

Ichabod Crane

 * ===teacher who is boarded by his students===
 * ===makes little money, has few possessions===
 * ===gives voice lessons to earn extra money===
 * ===is tall, skinny, long arms and legs, feet that could serve as shovels===
 * ===looks like the spirit of famine or a scarecrow who has eloped from the field===
 * ===he is highly educated and well-liked by the town's ladies for his intellect, but the men of the area think he is a weakling and not valuable because he doesn't do manual labor like them (swains)===
 * ===he believes in ghosts and reads a lot of literature on ghosts - and is very afraid of the Headless Horseman attacking him===
 * ===he is very interested in dating Katrina Van Tassel===

Katrina Van Tassel

 * ===daughter and only child of a prosperous Dutch farmer===
 * ===blooming lass of fresh 18===
 * ===plump as a partridge; rosy cheeks===
 * ===flirt (coquette)===
 * ===took voice lessons from Ichabod===

Brom Bones

 * ===broad shoulders, Herculean form===
 * ===black curly hair===
 * ===arrogant, childish===
 * ===known for great knowledge and skill at horsemanship===
 * ===Ichabod's main rival because he wants to marry Katrina===
 * ===people see him as perfect===